The Computer/Console Gaming Thread

[shokwave2]

Finally picked up a 3DS. I told the wife it was a present from her, as i bought her an iPad for our wedding anniversary last Sunday.

I'm really impressed with the system. Nintendo have sorted out alot of connection and interface problems since the original DS debuted years ago (i bought an original DS on launch and have been playing a DS lite for years).

The 3D effect is better than i expected. I seen it in store last year but it didn't impress me. But once you get it in your hands and get comfortable it really starts to shine. The menu is clean and there's plenty to do on the console even before inserting a game cartridge.

I paid $198 from JB Hi-Fi as i got them to price match the EB Games deal. I also bought Super Mario 3D Land and Pullblox from the N-store, both great games and i can't wait to buy Zelda next pay. Looks like the X360 will be gathering dust for a while now.

[The_Damned]

anyone got tribes ascend?

[kurdt_the_goat]

Woo, New Super Mario Bros. 2 coming out in August for 3DS!! Proper flying tanooki tail is back!
First pics here

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Got my Saturn up and running today and played some Salamander from the deluxe pack. Oh god it was so awesome! Looking at the design of the game now, the way you are guided through the levels is rather clever.

Oh and the shooting. My god the shooting, so much on screen, at times I had trouble keeping check of where my ship was, and which bullets were the enemies and which were mine.

Bliss was achieved for that hour!

[Doubledealer]

Got my Saturn up and running today and played some Salamander from the deluxe pack. Oh god it was so awesome! Looking at the design of the game now, the way you are guided through the levels is rather clever.

Oh and the shooting. My god the shooting, so much on screen, at times I had trouble keeping check of where my ship was, and which bullets were the enemies and which were mine.

Bliss was achieved for that hour!

That's sweet Tets! The closest I've come to playing Salamander is stage 4 in Gradius V, quite the tricky level if you run out of Options!

[Paulbot]

Woo, New Super Mario Bros. 2 coming out in August for 3DS!! Proper flying tanooki tail is back!
First pics here

Do you think there's any chance that it will be DS compatible? It doesn't look all that 3D in those screenshots. I don't really want to upgrade my DS, but that game could do it.

[Gutsman Heavy]

No chance

[Paulbot]

No chance

Oh

On brighter news. The city in the new SimCity looks wonderful, but can it live up to the gameplay of SimCity 2000?

[Gutsman Heavy]

Nintendo won't do nsmb 2 on ds because it is a system seller, and they want to sell a lot of 3ds systems, and another mario exclusive will do just that.

[kurdt_the_goat]

You're right of course but that's not always their reasoning, see Pokemon Black & White 2 on DS! Tho i put that down to the Pokemon guys being lazy and slow beyond belief. At least, they're putting out some 3DS apps to cross-support it, so it may as well be a 3DS release i guess.